SB1655 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
SB1655

Introduced 2/26/2021, by Sen. Patrick J. Joyce

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

P.A. 94-653, Sec. 5; P.A. 101-607, Sec. 1-5
P.A. 101-361, Sec. 15
P.A. 101-361, Sec. 30

Amends Public Act 94-653. Authorizes the Department of Natural Resources to convey and quitclaim certain property to the Chicago Park District. Amends Public Act 101-361. Changes the description of property transferred to the City of Wyoming by the Department of Natural Resources. Changes the description of property exchanged between Pulaski County and the Department of Natural Resources. Effective immediately.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning property.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. "An Act concerning civil law", approved August 22, 2005 (Public Act 94-653), as amended by "An Act concerning civil law, approved December 13, 2019 (Public Act 101-607), is amended by changing Section 5 as follows:

(P.A. 94-653, Sec. 5; P.A. 101-607, Sec. 1-5)

Sec. 5. The Illinois Department of Natural Resources Human Services is hereby authorized to grant and convey and quitclaim any and all rights held under the terms of a Grant of Conservation Right and Easement dated May 7, 2008 and recorded August 23, 2008 as Document Number 0817631024 in the Recorder's Office of Cook County, Illinois permanent conservation easement to the Chicago Park District, a park district organized and existing under the laws of the State of Illinois. Illinois Department of Natural Resources or to the Chicago Park District on a parcel containing 30 acres, more or less, that is located in Section 18, Township 40 North, Range 13 East of the third principal meridian, Cook County, Illinois, situated to the West and South of the Chicago Read Mental Health Center, for the purpose of preserving and protecting the wetlands and forested area for the benefit of the patients of the facility, the community, and the general public.

(Source: P.A. 101-607, eff. 12-13-19.)

Section 10. "An Act concerning property", approved August 9, 2019, Public Act 101-361, is amended by changing Sections 15 and 30 as follows:

(P.A. 101-361, Sec. 15)

Sec. 15. (a) The Director of the Department of Natural Resources, on behalf of the State of Illinois, is authorized to execute and deliver to the City of Wyoming, a municipality organized and existing under the laws of the State of Illinois, of the County of Stark, State of Illinois, for and in consideration of $1.00 paid to the Department, a quitclaim deed to the following described real property, to wit:

A tract conveyed to the State of Illinois, Department of Conservation (now Department of Natural Resources) by deed dated February 10, 1969, and recorded July 17, 1969, as (Document Number 53205 in the Recorder's Office of Stark County, Illinois and ) described as:

All of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Company's abandoned right of way in Lot 1, Block 10; and part of Lot 3, Block 9 of Giles C. in Dana's Addition to Town City of Wyoming lying 50 feet on each side of the Railroad Company's main track centerline as formerly located.

Situated in Section l, Township 12 North, Range 6 East, of the 4th 46 Principal Meridian, Stark County, Illinois.

(b) The conveyance of real property shall be made subject to: (1) existing public utilities, existing public roads, and any and all reservations, easements, encumbrances, covenants, and restrictions of record; and (2) the express condition that if the real property ceases to be used for public purposes, it shall revert to the State of Illinois, Department of Natural Resources.

(Source: P.A. 101-361, eff. 8-9-19.)

(P.A. 101-361, Sec. 30)

Sec. 30. (a) The Director of the Department of Natural Resources, on behalf of the State of Illinois, is authorized to exchange certain real property in Pulaski County, Illinois, hereinafter referred to in this Section as Parcel 1, for certain real property of equal or greater value in Pulaski County, Illinois, hereinafter referred to in this Section as Parcel 2, the Parcels being described as follows:

PARCEL 1:

The North 86 106 feet of the following described tract of land conveyed to the People of the State of Illinois, Department of Natural Resources, Springfield, IL., by Warranty Deed dated June 19, 2009, recorded June 25, 2009, Document No. 24582, in Book 257, Page 816, described as follows to-wit:

"A tract of land in the Southwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of Section 14, Township 14 South, Range 1 East of the 3rd P.M., more particularly described as follows: Beginning at the Northwest corner of the Southwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter, thence South along the West Section line of said Quarter-Quarter Section, a distance of 20 feet for a point of beginning; thence East a distance of 272 feet along a line parallel to the Northerly Section line of said Quarter-Quarter Section; thence South a distance of 320 feet and 3 inches on a line parallel to the West Section line of said Quarter-Quarter Section; thence West a distance of 272 feet along a line parallel to the North line of said Southwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter; thence North a distance of 320 feet and 3 inches following the Westerly line of said Quarter-Quarter Section to the point of beginning, containing 2 acres, more or less, situated in the County of Pulaski and State of Illinois."

PARCEL 2:

The South 86 106 feet of the North 426.25 feet of the West 272 feet of the Southwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of Section 14, Township 14 South, Range 1 East of the 3rd P.M., situated in the County of Pulaski and State of Illinois.

(b) The transaction under this Section will be to the mutual advantages of both parties. Each party shall be responsible for any and all title costs associated with their respective properties.

(c) The conveyance of Parcel 1 as authorized by this Section shall be made subject to existing public utilities, existing public roads, and any and all reservations, easements, encumbrances, covenants, and restrictions of record.

(d) The Director of the Department of Natural Resources shall obtain an opinion of title from the Attorney General certifying that the State of Illinois will receive merchantable title to the real property in this Section referred to as Parcel 2.

(Source: P.A. 101-361, eff. 8-9-19.)

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.